Yikes! Samsung’s beautiful QLED TV is less than $700… and it’s great for 4K gaming

At first blush, the world of TVs can seem baffling. Permeated with acronyms galore, it’s completely understandable if you’ve passed off terms like OLED and QLED as marketing jargon. In some ways, you may even be right. But, in the end, all you really need to know is that Samsung calls its flagship TVs QLED, or Quantum-dot Light Emitting Diode, televisions. Put simply, QLED TVs are a refinement of the existing LCD standard for panel backlighting. Rather than individual pixels giving off light, as is the case with OLED TVs, Samsung’s QLED TVs use traditional backlighting, albeit with a quantum dot color filter layered atop the LCD backlight. As a result, QLED screens are capable of greater color vibrancy and brightness than what you’d get with a regular LCD or LED display. So it goes without saying that when a QLED TV goes on sale for less than 700 bucks, it’s well worth your consideration. Now $697.99 on Jet.com, down from $897.99, Samsung’s 49-inch QN49Q6FN in particular is a 4K HDR smart TV that’s especially suited for window-filled rooms that amass lots of light. Because old school LCD TVs are vulnerable to the overpowerment of sunlight, this QLED TV is a breath of fresh air for anyone who prefers to keep their blinds open while gaming or streaming movies. Samsung QN49Q6FN is $679.99 (save 29%) on Jet.com View Deal With the QN49Q6F, Samsung promises over a billion color shades and 100% color volume in the DCI-P3 color space. For reference, DCI-P3… [Read full story]